Word: bubber
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...John Bubber (Andy Garcia)--the homeless man who rescued 54 passengers including newscaster Gayley--turns out to be an incredibly nice guy. His niceness is do magical that a comatose boy wakes up after Bubber visits him. The public and the media go wild. News reports of the "Angel of Flight 104" are always accompanied by the patriotic strains of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic...
...usually fiery Andy Garcia is totally miscast. He looks the part of the fraudulent "perfect hero" John Bubber and does an adequate job of rendering Bubber's muted, too-too sincere personality, but you wish Garcia didn't have to have such a subdued role...
...forget the flaws, or aren't such an anal movie critic, "Hero" well provide an evening of innocuously amusing entertainment. As Bernie LaPlante explains to a guilt-ridden John Bubber at the end of the film. It's just a matter of finding "the layer of bullshit" you're comfortable with...